Bolster-bearing for sleds



(No Model.)

J. J. MOMANN & A. RIPPON;

BOLSTEB BEARING FOR SLEDS No. 438,706- Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. MOMANN AND AMOS RIPPON, OF VVAKEHAN, OHIO.

BOLSTER-BEARING FOR SLEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,706, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed June 2, 1890. Serial No. 353,940. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN J. MOMANN and AMOS RIPPON, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Wakeman, in the county of Huron and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Bolster-Knuckle for Sleigh-Knees,of which the following is a specification The invention relates toimprovements in bolster-knuckles for sleigh-knees.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive bolsterknuckle capable of affording an easy rocking motionto the bolster and of equally distributing the wear upon the partswithout strain upon the coupling-bolt.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the knuckleapplied in operative position to a bolster and sleigh-knees. Fig. 2 is asimilar View of the knuckle detached. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views ofthe hinged casting and the socket-block.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates sleighrunnersconnected by beams 2 and having secured to their saddles 3 socket-blocks4, to which are hinged castings 5, that support the bolster 6. The block4 is approximately triangular in longitudinal section and has its upperface 7 oppositely inclined, and is constructed. of suitable metal, andis provided at its apex with a cylindrical socket 8, in which isarranged an eye 9, formed integral with the casting 5. The block 4 isprovided with integral side plates 10, that are arranged upon each sideof the socket, and are provided with central registering perforations11, through which passes a couplingbolt 12, that forms the pintle whichhinges the cylindrical eye 9 of the casting 5 in the socket 8 of theblock 4, and it will readily be seen that the cylindrical eye has aneven bearing in the socket and the wear is evenly distributed and thereis little or no strain upon the coupling-bolt. The casting 5,which hasthe eye 9 formed integral with its lower portion, consists of ahorizontal bar 13 and vertical flanges 14, formed integral with the bar13 and arranged at the ends thereof, and provided with perforations 15,through which passes a bolt to secure the bolster in the recess 16. Thesocket-block 4 is provided with vertical perforations 17 to receivebolts for securing it to the saddle.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the socket-block issimple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, adapted to bereadily applied to the ordinary construction of sleigh-knees, and iscapable of affording an easy rocking motion to the bolster and of evenlydistributing the wear with little or no strain upon the coupling-bolt orpintle.

WVhat we claim is A bolster-buckle for sleigh-knees, comprising thetriangular block 4, having oppositelyinclined faces 7 and provided atits apex with the cylindrical socket and the integral plates 10,arranged at the sides of the block and at each end of the socket andprovided with central openings 11, concentric with the socket, thecasting having the integral cylindrical eye 9, arranged in the socketand being composed of the horizontal bar 13, the vertical flanges 14,forming a recess 16, to receive a bolster, and the coupling-bolt passingthrough the side plate and the eye 9, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JNO. J. MoMANN. AMOS RIPPON. Witnesses:

J NO. 0. DAVIS, H. J. BALDWIN.

